Demand Government declares an Ecological Emergency

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Alarmed by David Attenborough's recent BBC documentary 'Extinction: The Facts'? Our living world, our web of life support, is dying. Demand our government urgently addresses this issue, declares an Ecological Emergency, and charts a credible path towards ecological recovery, at home and globally.

1) Attenborough documentary https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000mn4n/extinction-the-facts
2) The Convention on Biological Diversity report states that "Biodiversity is declining at an unprecedented rate, and the pressures
driving this decline are intensifying. None of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets will be fully met"
https://www.cbd.int/gbo/gbo5/publication/gbo-5-spm-en.pdf
3) WWF Living Planet Report states that 68% of wildlife has gone since 1970 https://livingplanet.panda.org/en-gb/

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.

We're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do to tackle the ecological emergency.

You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.

Timeline

19 Sep 2020	Petition opened for signatures
13 Oct 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 13 Oct 2020

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